The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-12-22
News Of Belfast and Vicinity.

No OF the series on the 18th Maine next week.
A Farmers Institute will be held in Clinton Dec
Doth.
The city schools close Friday for a vacation Of
three weeks.
Waldo county had Is patients in the Maine Gen
eral Hospital, Portland during the past year.
Mrs. +. W. Pratt, of this city, has been very i'll
with typhoid pneumonia, but is recovering.
| Pitchers Pond, which frozen over early in
the season, was entirely free from ice last week.
| The inhabitants there say they never before saw
| the like at this season of the year.
Willard +. Page and W. II. sanborn of this city,
have returned from theil deer hunt at Mt. Desert.
They did not see deer during the trip. Deer are
very scarce at Mt. Desert this year
runner came to grief in this cit! last week. A
note was sent here for collection ami the man put
up his oyercoat for security. lie went away leav-
ing the coat in the custody of the officers.
The Boston Evening Record of Saturday last has
an illustrated article on "Thc Church Soprano in
which appears portrait of Mrs. ii. +. Knowles
Her friends here hardly recognize it.
The rain and mud of last week nclfered with
travel and consequently with holiday trade. Our
merchants say the business opened well, and with
fair travelling would be good. Last year there was
! fair sllislng all through December
We have received another letter on compulsory
pilotase from Capt. John W. Kane, master of brig
l. W. Parker, dated at Zaza, Cuba Dee. D. and
Will publish it next week Capt. Kane expects to
! be in New York about the 10th of January next.
Mrs. Lawrence of this city, nearly los: her life
last week by an over dose of morphine. She had
the sick headache ami took large quantity of the
| drug, which vomited her A physician was sum-
moncd who administered an antidotc when She re
| covered.
| MI William A. Durham, who is now at home in
this city on visit, is engaged in the western cat
tie business, buying and shipping on his own
| count. On his way home he brought to Brighton Il
lot OF western cattle. He will return west early in
January.
Among oldest advertisers are Dr. |. s. John
son & Co, of Boston, proprietors of shcrian's
Condition Powders, Johnson's Anodyne Iiniment,
and pleasant gentlemen to 10 business with MAY
| thcl live long and prosper.
| The attention of merchants, clerks, and i'll fact
| everybody, j. called to the rules and regulations
for clerks, published the 1ilst page of to-day :
| paper. The rules were adopted 10y Mr.. Paul II.
Ilazeltinc, an rll-time Belfast merchant and will
be found to be very interesting reading.
Pensions nave been granted to Geo. W. Nash in.
crease, Centre Montvile; Alfred Weymouth Gin
| TOM Bessie Drake, South Union; Barbara widow
OF Lewis Robbins, navy Green's Landing; S:,ml
| CHlcl. Mexican war, Clinton; Lewis Robbins navy,
deceased, Green's Landing; To> Chase Increase,
Unity.
The Lynn, Mass, Daily Evening Item. has the
following among the sketches of members OF the
| newly elected city government:
! Edward w Pinkham, Alderman elect of Ward
| TWO, was born i'll China, Me, Feb 8, 1883 Came
| to Lynn in ISL. Grocer, 237 Chatham street Sc
| lectmail, Town CLERK, and Representative in the
| Maine Legislature for the town of Palermo He
Wa Il candidate for the Common Council last wear
| ne Is Il Republican and nocen>c man.
Mr.. :. L. Dodge, of this city, who has settled at
/ Pomona, Cal, writes that business is booming in
that new town. Mr.. Dodge one year ago bought
seven acres Of land there for which he paid $500
per acre. This fall lie refused $1,000 for three acres
His land has been rlowcd and will be cultivated
next season. Mr.. Dodge has built a new house
His household furniture has been shipped out to
him, and he will make that place his future home
Mr.. w i. Morison of this city. has carried one
OF the larges; stocks OF hardware in this state. lie
i now rapidly reducing it. Al one time he had in
stock 1900 gross of screws in number >, $50 600
screw, manufactured by the American screw
company. The screws ranged i'll size from one
| fourth inch, No. o. to SIX n,les, No 90 IIenow has
| hut ,e01 gross Oh Edir.
! In the Maine ncw-, uL'icr the caption OF "A sad
Family History Will he found an account of the
death i'll poverty. and at the poor house in Massa
| chisetts town, of the widow and daughter of
Gaines Carpenter although they were heirs to
property in Texts said to be worth $G0ooo 4
| despatch 10 the New York Herald says the agent
of parties in Texas who want to buy the properv
has left for Belfast to seek for the heirs of Gaines
Carpenter.
/ Nj. Levi Melrithew of stockton, has invented a
new pattern for ii noccasin slipper and has appli-
! eat Tor Il patent. These slippers have heretofore
| nae It SIDE scam and side livits. Mr. Merrithcw's
Is seamless on the side, the only stitching being a
toe cap and heel seam. Shoe makers say it is tie
iiahdsomest and best pattern they ever saw Mr.
A. aS been solicited to sell, and says he has been
"HereG tie opportunity to manufacture in this city,
| We hope he will open a shop here.
NoHTiroRr. The school in Dist No. closed
Friday, Dee. 18th, after very pleasant and sue
/
L. Perkins. of Belfast Mr.. Perkins speaks well
Of the parents and scholars of Beech Hill" it be
ing his second term at that place. The following
| scholars were not absent one half day: Mvra
Woodbury.. lila NJ. Bird, Louis knight, Helen H.
Knight, Lizzie Trip. Eta q. Trip, Alberta Dick
| e>, !-ar l.. Clark Bert Bird and Lizzie Beckett
STEAMER: NOTES. The katahdin la:,; at the
wharf here Friday night until 10 O'Clock as the
| tldc was 50 low she could not have reached her
| wharf in Camden -. The Penobscot ma,e a fine
run down last Friday night, arriving here about 9
A. NJ. saturday She had good freight for up.
| river... The NJ. x NJ. came down river as usual
| Friday, but owing to the high wind could not pro
cec1 to Rockland and laid at this port :. Mr.. c
L. Weeks. the Eockland agent of the b. (. NJ :
Co., made trip upriyer in the Penobscot sat,r
day.
| y water spaniel dog, with the name sBol" on
M r"i;'i came by express last week for Il man in
\Githpoit Mr.. Gilkey let the dog loose in his Of
Zee ana at the first opportunity he ran away. Aus
TN he"tin$ had sharp race down High street, but
could not overhaul Bob. subsequently Mr.. Glkev
1J"k his team and hunted the town for that run
Nv y parcel. in the evening Mr.. Gilkey saw In
if"i'i OF !iis Office a large number of dogs in the
centre "i which was the live express package.
The dog was secured and delivered to his owner.
Ihe journal presents extra good bill of fare.
THIS week and no part Of the paper should be
overlooked. The leading local dealers in all the
branches Of business make the advertising col
uihhH attractive with their holiday announcements;
TIE r-t page keeps up its prestige for original
matter; the supplement is unusually interesting,
ami contains among other things a report by Mrs
:ieien \. Packard OF wedding at Lawrence,
Mass. which has local interest. No other week
~ IL the state gives much, and such Il variety
OF Original matter, and few IT'S much natter local
news and miscellaneous. The journal is proud of
IFS army of contributors; and it wishes them all,
and lis numerous readers as well, Il Merry
Christmas.
George X. Swcctser, of this city, died at his
home on Wednesday evening, Dee. I4th, aged IS
years ;hd month"; He had been Il sufferer for a
long time from Brights disease. Mr.. Sweetser was
the son of MIR and Mrs. Samuel L. Swcetser. and
a Young man OF excellent reputation and habits. In
early life he followed the sea, but subsequently
learned the carpenters trade. He was a prom
ihent Mason and Odd Fellow, being the Worship
full Master of Phoenix Lodge of Masons and n Past
Grand of Waldo Lodge of Odd Fellows He was
the first Master of Phoenix Lodge to die in Office
lie was buried on saturday, Phoenix Lodge con
Quoting the ceremonies at the cemetery. Rev. b.
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